Forming-clamp for two-piece snow-shoes



W. W. FELTER.

FORIVIING CLAMP FOR TWO-PIECE SNOW SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I9, I9'I9.

1,352,362, A PatentedSept. 7, 1920. I

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W. W. FELTEH.

FORMING CLAMP FOR TWO-PIECE SNOW SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I9, 1919.

1352,362. APanbntedSept. 7, 1920.

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oNlTsD STATES WILLIAM w. FELTER, or ARKANSAS; c'T/TY, KANSAS.

PATsN FoRMING-CLAMP For. Two-PIECE snow-SHOES. f

Speciiication of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. '7, l.1920..

Application led December 19, 1919. Serial No. 345,966.

To all whom t may conce-rn ,y

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM YV. FELTER,

a citizen vof the United States, residing atframe in position on the base of the clamp' which is provided with a forming block and adjustable means for forcing the heel part of the frame together.

This invention also consists in .certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, toy be hereinafter fully described, illus- 'ends connected together.

trated in the accompanying drawings and specilically pointed out in the appended claims.. f Y

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the invention. Fig. 2'is a top view. l Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. l. v Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one ofthe toe forming blocks.

Fig. 6 is a view of the snow shoe frame'V vide a base board 1 which is provided with shoe holding means on each face thereof. As the means on one face are similar to those on the other only one set of these means will. be described in detail. A form` ing block 2 is secured to the base with its side edges curved slightly to bow the strips of the shoe, these strips engaging the curved edges. The strips 4are held `on the base by the turn buttons 43 whichvare held to thebaseiby -bolts or the like. The heel end of the shoe is engaged by the recessed block 4 and the heel portions of the strips :are

.pressed together by the adjustable blocks 5 which pass through openings 6 in thebase and are adjusted by the bolts 7r passing y through; the edges of thebase and entering the openings;

Pins 8 pass through the blocks and Yhold themY in the openings. d

rThese blocks extendbeyond each face of the baseand act upon both shoes. The vmeans for bending` the toe pa'rtof the strips upwardly consists of a block 9 having la curved part l0 which vris preferably provided with small bars 11 of metal or the like embedded in its surface and adapted to engage the strips of the shoe'. A handle 12 is connected with said block and a small block 13 having a recess 14 therein is bolted to the block 9 onv its curved face.

A'curved strip ofmetal 15 of tapered formation has vits small end passing through the recess 14 in block 13 and bent over and clamped to said block'by'the metal plate 16, which is held to the'block by thebolts which hold said small block to thelarge block. The

curve' of this strip 15 follows the `curve of the large block but isspaced therefrom so as to receive the strips of the snow shoe between itself andthe large block whenthe kendsof the strip are placed in the recessv14.

A recessed strip 17 is secured to the outer face of the large'blook. The recess 17 in this strip registers with the recess 14 in block 13 and acts as a stop for the ends of f the strips of the shoe.

After` the strips are softened by Vbeing treated with steam or the like their heel parts are placed in the recess in the block 4 and between the adjustable blocks 5. The

strips are then bent around the forming i block 2 andthe buttons turned to hold the strips on the base. The bolts 7 are then turned to force the adjustable blocks toward each other to bring'the heel parts of the strips into contact.` A wedge piece 18 may then be driven in the recess in block 4 to hold said heel parts in position. The toe ends of the strips are then pressed together and passed into the recess 14 in block 13, the

f metal strip 15 being bent outwardlyto permit the strips to pass into said recess. It

will be understood that the block 9 and the Ystrip 15 are not attached to the base but are free, the block being placed'by hand in engagement with the ends `of the strips to be bent with the metal strip 15 placed underA said strips A and B between the same and the base so that the strips A and B have their ends located between the metal strips 15 and the block 9. The handle 12 of block 9 isthen moved over in the vdirection of the baseto give a turning movement to said block 9 and this movement will turn` the toe ends of the strips upwardly as shown, the metal strip 15 following the movement of these ends so that the ends are held between the curved face of the block 9 and said strip. Afterthehandle is moved downwardly as l far -as possible it may be connected with the `desired, manner. tached to thehandle by a flexible-connection base by means of the bolt 19 or in any other A weight 20 may be at- 21 which passes over the outer face ofthe block 9 to prevent the front part of the strips from leaving the base. Vhen the strips Ahave driedl in the clamp they may be re- A moved by loosening the bolts connecting the small block 13 with the block 9 to permit Y said block 9 to be removed `from the turned ends of the shoe. vThen the turn buttons arek turned to release the body of the shoe justable blocks so that it may be lifted from the-basaV The strips are then ready to be connected together' and to receive the filler.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily-apparent.

. I desire it to be understood that I may Amake changes inthe construction and in the combination andv arrangement of the severalparts, provided that suchchanges fall within the scope of the appended claims.

what I @nim is y 1. A device of theclass described com-Y prising a base having a slot therein, a block on each face of thebasev having a recess therein for receivingV the heel ends of a pair of snow shoe strips, a former block on each face of the base for holding the stripsin position, a pair of heel engaging blocksadjustably mounted in the slot and having their lends engaging both pairs of the strips and means forbending the toe ends of each pair of strips upwardly and holding them in this position.

2. A deviceof the class described compris- Y V'ing'a base7 means thereonv for holding the snow shoe strips in position and means separate from the base for curving the toe ends of the strips, such meansk consisting of a block having a curved face,y a handle con nected with the bloclrfor manually-manipulating the same,` means for securing the handle to the base after the ends are curved, a stop strip on the top of the block having a recess therein for receiving the extremity ofA the snow shoe strips and a recessed memberV on the curved face of the block for receiv- Y ing the end portions of the snow shoe strips.

3. A device ofthe class described comprising a -base7 means-forholding thesnow shoe.

strips thereon, a block and handle for curving the ends of said strips,rsad blockand lhandle being separate from the basewhen'V curving the ends7 means for securing' the said :parts vto the base after'the ends are Y curved, a recessed member on the curved face of the block :for receivin'githe ends .of vthe strips and a metal strip carried byV said recessed member in spaced -relation to the curved end of the block and engaging the under edges of the strips. Y

LIn testimony whereof affix my signature.

WILLIAM W.,FEITER. 

